General Interest & Miscellaneous NewsGeneral information and news about historic preservation, as well as miscellaneous activities at historical societies, museums, downtown and mainstreet organizations and other organizations related to historic and cultural resource preservation.

WASHINGTON – The National Park Service announced today $2.6 million in maritime heritage grants to assist funding 34 preservation and education projects in 14 states and the Northern Mariana Islands. In...

WASHINGTON – The National Park Service today announced more than $1.3 million in grants to fund preservation, restoration, and education projects at World War II Japanese American Confinement Sites....

WASHINGTON – As part of its ongoing efforts to address aging park infrastructure and improve the visitor experience, the National Park Service (NPS) announced today changes to the entrance fees charged...

The Board of County Commissioners of Washington County, Maryland will accept Sealed Bids for Brumbaugh-Kendle-Grove Farmstead Demolition - at Hagerstown Regional Airport. Bid documents are available...

WASHINGTON – The National Park Service is now accepting applications for $4 million in grants to support the preservation of buildings on the campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)...

As May 2018 rapidly approaches, the Historic Wilmington Foundation is gearing up to celebrate National Preservation Month, sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation since 1973. To honor...

Be part of saving a place that matters to you by nominating an endangered place for inclusion in the 2018 Top 10 Endangered Places List.The Top 10 List shines a national spotlight on historic places at...

Each year, the statewide nonprofit Preservation Pennsylvania releases a list of new additions to the Pennsylvania At Risk list, sites determined to be among the commonwealth’s most endangered historic resources....

It was a mild 61° and a little before 8:00 p.m., April 17, 1917, when members of the Columbia Historical Society began to stream into the Gold Room of the Shoreham Hotel at the corner of 15th and H Street,...

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announce a call for nominations for the 2018 ACHP/HUD Secretary’s Award for Excellence...

Each year thousands of South Carolinians work to preserve the state’s legacy that is reflected in our historic buildings, structures, and sites. Since 1995, the South Carolina Department of Archives...

Preservation South Carolina needs your assistance in identifying historic properties within our state that are considered to be at risk and are candidates for the Places at Risk list. A historic place...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Interior has extended the deadline for applications to serve as secretariat of the United States Semiquincentennial Commission. The new deadline of February 28,...

WASHINGTON – The National Park Service announced today $500,000 in grants to help fund 13 projects across the country to increase the number of listings associated with communities that are underrepresented...

The Preservation League of New York State is seeking nominations for its 2018 Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards, which recognize significant achievements in historic preservation throughout New...

WASHINGTON – The National Park Service, in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the National Endowment for the Humanities...

The City of Grandview Community Development is seeking proposals from qualified historians or architectural historians that meet the Secretary of Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards to conduct...

ALBANY, NY (08/31/2017) (readMedia)-- The Preservation League is seeking nominations from local and regional preservation organizations, advocacy groups, municipalities and others for its 2018-19 list...

The time has come to make nominations for our 2018 Most Endangered Properties (MEP) List! Properties added to the MEP list are given public exposure they might not otherwise receive, and nominations...

The Society of Architectural Historians will offer a total of 36 paper sessions at its 2019 Annual International Conference in Providence, Rhode Island. The Society invites its members, including graduate...

The Blinder Award is presented biennially to an architect or other professional in a related historic preservation field for a proposal exploring architecture and preservation. The proposal may focus on...

Since 1989, the James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation has been in the vanguard of historic preservation practice and theory. The mission of the Fitch Foundation is to support professionals in the field...

Grants of up to $3,000, with a required $500 match from each applicant, are available to non-profit groups and municipalities that manage historic sites, museums, arts facilities and other important institutions...

Preservation Maryland is currently laying the groundwork to convene a workgroup of history, preservation, economic development, and tourism organizations to focus on public policy and funding sources to...

The Historic Preservation Education Foundation (HPEF) is currently accepting proposals for the Fall 2017 round of its Partners in Training initiative. HPEF established Partners in Training in 2014 to support...

Every year, Preservation Maryland selects six threatened historic sites around the state that could benefit from the organization’s assistance, and through a cooperative partnership with the applicants,...

The Historic Preservation Education Foundation (HPEF) is currently accepting proposals for the Fall 2017 round of its Partners in Training program. HPEF established Partners in Training in 2014 to provide...

WASHINGTON – The National Park Service announced today the apportionment of $1,752,073 for 27 maritime heritage grants to applicants in 13 states and the District of Columbia. In partnership with the U.S....

WASHINGTON – Today, the National Park Service announced $1.6 million in grants to fund preservation, restoration and education projects at several Japanese American confinement sites. The 14 grantees in...

WASHINGTON – President Donald J. Trump today proposed a $2.55 billion Fiscal Year 2018 budget for the National Park Service (NPS), including funding increases for top Trump Administration priorities like...

The National Main Street Center, Inc. is pleased to announce Renaissance Covington, Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard Merchants and Business Association, and West Chester Business Improvement District, as...

In celebration of National Historic Preservation Month, as well as Historic Preservation and Archaeology Months in Georgia, the Historic Preservation Division is hosting an online photo contest throughout...

Docomomo US is pleased to announce the development of a Study Grant program to provide financial support for qualified individuals whose work or educational focus demonstrates a continued interest and...

The goal of this cycle is to promote interdisciplinary exchange amongst scholars of all ranks, the research of emerging scholars, as well as field visits for the production of new and innovative research.

The Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH) seeks nominations for the “Best of the South: Preserving Southern Architecture” Award. This annual award honors a project that preserves,...

Madame Gabrielle Léger (1916-1998) consented to serve as patron for an award that recognizes individuals for their outstanding service to the country in the cause of heritage conservation. Founded in 1978,...

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health has signed the Fiscal Year 2018 DoD Legacy Resource Management (Legacy) Program Request for Pre-Proposals. Pre-proposals...

WASHINGTON – From factory workers in Lowell, Massachusetts, to spies and nurses on Civil War battlefields, to national leaders like Eleanor Roosevelt, women continue to dramatically shape the history of...

The Historic Wilmington Foundation initiated its Most Threatened Historic Places program in 2006 to call attention to threatened historic places. The program helps the Foundation and the community spotlight...

From prairie churches to urban cathedrals and synagogues, historic sacred places are often the oldest, and most beautiful, buildings within our communities. This fund aims to help keep these places as...

From the bustling streets of Manhattan to the quiet wilderness of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the National Park Service preserves many pivotal, but lesser known, sites related to the African American...

The National Trust for Canada is now accepting nominations for the 2017 Canada’s Top 10 Endangered Places List. Each year, the list shines a national spotlight on historic places at risk due to neglect,...

From Milwaukee to Madison, Racine to Eau Claire, La Crosse to Sheboygan, and scores of places in between, tradition and progressivism have shaped Wisconsin's architectural landscape. This latest volume...

The Leicester B. Holland Prize is an annual competition, open to both students and professionals, that recognizes the best single-sheet measured drawing of an historic building, site, or structure prepared...

This morning, Preservation Pennsylvania announces the 2017 Pennsylvania At Risk list, featuring 11 places beloved by their local communities. The sites listed on the PA At Risk list become Preservation...

The Historic Preservation Education Foundation (HPEF) is currently accepting proposals for the Spring 2017 round of its Partners in Training initiative. HPEF established Partners in Training in 2014 to...

The Preservation League is seeking nominations for its 2017 Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards, which recognize significant achievements in historic preservation throughout New York State. The...

A proposal to close the Lihue Post Office, the first stand-alone post office on Kauai, and consolidate postal operations at the nearby USPS Carrier Annex facility, was posted earlier this week at the building...

WASHINGTON – The National Park Service (NPS) today announced funding for 39 projects in over 20 states that will preserve and highlight the sites and stories associated with the Civil Rights Movement and...

ALBANY, NY (01/05/2017)(readMedia)-- Applications are now available to eligible municipalities and not-for-profit organizations to compete for 2017 Preserve New York and Technical Assistance Grants (TAG),...

ACLS invites applications for the seventh competition of the Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows program. This year, the program will place up to 22 recent PhDs from the humanities and humanistic social sciences...

Rice University's Humanities Research Center, in association with the School of Architecture and the Department of Art History, is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow with a terminal degree in the...

The Public Scholar Program supports well-researched books in the humanities intended to reach a broad readership. Although humanities scholarship can be specialized, the humanities also strive to engage...

January 5, 2017 (Salem, MA) — The Essex National Heritage Commission (Essex Heritage), in keeping with its long tradition of supporting the region’s unique cultural heritage, announces the 2017 Essex Heritage...

Montgomery County, Maryland through this Request for Development Proposals (RFDP), seeks creative, viable development proposals (Proposals) from qualified teams (Proposers) to provide affordable senior...

ALBANY, NY (12/22/2016)(readMedia)-- The Preservation League of New York State is seeking nominations for its 2017 Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards, which recognize significant achievements in...

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is launching a new research tool that, for the first time, brings together the massive amount of existing data focused on the urban built environment. Called...

ATLANTA – After temporarily closing the childhood home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in August for safety reasons, the National Park Service is optimistic that the first floor will be repaired and re-opened...

The Yap State Historic Preservation Office (YSHPO) of the Department of Youth and Civic Affairs is soliciting for bids from qualified individuals or firms (Contractor) to conduct an intensive archaeological...

The Yap State Historic Preservation Office (YSHPO) of the Department of Youth and Civic Affairs is soliciting for bids from qualified individuals or firms (Contractor) to conduct an intensive archaeological...

The Yap State Historic Preservation Office (YSHPO) hereby solicits for professional assistance to perform an audit for Yap State Historic Preservation Office. The professional qualifications include a...

The Yap State Historic Preservation Office (YSHPO) hereby solicits for professional assistance to perform a survey for Yap State Historic Preservation Office. The minimum professional qualification is...

Red Bank, NJ-The restoration of the T. Thomas Fortune House is under way! Recently this historical site was saved thanks to the efforts of the T. Thomas Fortune Project committee and other concerned citizens....

"This is the Trust's twelfth annual Places in Peril list," said Mark C. McDonald, president and CEO of the Trust. "We hope the list will continue to bring preservation solutions to Georgia's imperiled...

At Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury (NHSW) providing a home is just the start. A home is more than a financial asset, it has a deep emotional meaning the residents utilizing the space. Homes provides...

The American Academy in Rome supports innovative artists, writers, and scholars living and working together in a dynamic international community. Founded in 1894, the Academy is the oldest American overseas...

The Most Endangered Historic Resources Program is PM's oldest advocacy and education program. This year's Most Endangered list was culled from nominations submitted by preservation-minded groups and individuals...

Ottawa, ON, October 4, 2016 – Take up your tablets, click on you cell phones and head to your computers! The National Trust for Canada is pleased to announce the launch of the 2016 This Place Matters competition....

WASHINGTON – Projects certified through the National Park Service’s Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program in Fiscal Year 2015 contributed more than $9.4 billion in output in terms of goods...

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) wants to hear from you on the future of the national historic preservation program. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the National Historic...

Opened in March 2016, Ace Hotel New Orleans has transformed the 1928 Art Deco, nine-story Barnett's Furniture building into a 234-room boutique hotel with dining, retail, event and meeting spaces plus...

In July 2016, the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder earned LEED® Gold certification through the U.S. Green Building Council for the $9.4 million renovation and renewal of historic Ketchum Arts and Sciences...

Since 1989, the James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation has been in the vanguard of historic preservation practice and theory. The mission of the Fitch Foundation is to support professionals in the field...

The Department of Historic Preservation in the College of Design at the University of Kentucky is pleased to announce a new online graduate certificate in Historic Preservation beginning the fall 2016...

WASHINGTON – The National Park Service (NPS) today opened the application period for new grants to preserve and highlight the sites and stories related to the African American struggle for equality in...

Opened for the 2015-16 academic year, the University of Washington-Tacoma (UW Tacoma) completed its reconstruction and renovation of the 120-year-old McDonald-Smith Building located in the Union Station...

The What’s Next? Idea Competition seeks submissions through sketch, prose, poetry, song, or any variety of medium you choose. Simply download one of the entry cards below and submit your idea in time to...

The journal Architectural Histories of the European Architectural History Network, is now seeking to appoint a new editor-in-chief and editorial assistant from 1 June 2017 for a four-year term. These are...

WASHINGTON –The National Park Service announced today $324,700 in grants to fund research, training, and online and social media projects that promote innovative uses of technology in the preservation...

2017 marks the 150th anniversary of Canada and the Province of Ontario. This milestone in Ontario’s history provides a unique opportunity to strengthen our communities and celebrate the people, places...

Calling all main street groups! We’re seeking project ideas for a national crowdfunding competition this fall. The 2016 This Place Matters competition will give eligible project groups the chance to win...

American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation today announced the winners of the Partners in Preservation: National Parks campaign. The winning parks, determined by a popular vote,...

WASHINGTON – The National Park Service (NPS) has concluded a three-day symposium in Santa Fe, New Mexico to celebrate the iconic design unique to national parks as part of its ongoing centennial celebration.

Last year, Preservation Maryland launched our innovative Six-to-Fix program that has made a direct impact in saving threatened historic places across the state. Check out the progress we've made on last...

More than $1.19 million in National Park Service grants will be used to help preserve and protect America’s significant battlefield lands. The funding from the National Park Service’s American Battlefield...

WASHINGTON –The National Park Service announced today $1.19 million grants to support 20 projects at significant battlefields across the country. The projects will research, document, or interpret dozens...

The Society of Architectural Historians is accepting nominations for its 2017 Publication Awards. The program includes five awards that will be presented at the Society's 2017 Annual International Conference...

WASHINGTON – As President Obama and his family prepare to spend Father’s Day weekend at Carlsbad Caverns and Yosemite – one of the first places protected by a U.S. President – this weekend, U.S. Secretary...

Ottawa, June 15, 2016 – The National Trust for Canada invites community groups undertaking main street projects to participate in a national crowdfunding competition this fall. The 2016 This Place Matters...

WASHINGTON: Play ball! Educators have a new resource to help teach young and old alike about segregation and baseball history. The National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) has published...

The Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH) seeks nominations for the “Best of the South: Preserving Southern Architecture” Award. This annual award honors a project that preserves,...

The public is invited to visit New Impressions, an international, juried exhibition that showcase exploration and creativity with letterpress printing techniques. From this age-old tradition, we strive...

Ottawa, May 30, 2016 – The National Trust for Canada is pleased to acknowledge $161,234 in new funding from the Government of Canada. With this funding, the National Trust will build Regeneration Works,...

The Torrance Historical Society will kick-off their annual Walking Tours of Historic Old Torrance on Sunday, May 22nd. This free docent-led tour begins at the Torrance Historical Museum (1345 Post Avenue)...

Austin, TX (May 3, 2016) – As part of its 100th anniversary celebration, the National Park Service will partner with the National Park Foundation to launch a series of special events called Park Exchange...

Previously known as the Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation, the program has now moved in a bold new direction. The Drucker Prize has been turned into a resource-rich learning platform—one...

WASHINGTON – The National Park Service announced today the awarding of $46.9 million for historic preservation grants to every U.S. state, territory, and the District of Columbia, in addition to $9.8 million...

The Society of Architectural Historians is accepting applications for the 2016 H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship. The prestigious fellowship of $50,000 will allow a recent graduate or emerging scholar...

WASHINGTON – Spending by a record number of national park visitors in 2015 provided a $32 billion benefit to the nation’s economy and supported 295,000 jobs, according to a report released today by National...

This program will offer students the opportunity to study in the Old City of Acre, Israel and earn 12 - 15 hours of credit through the College of Charleston. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Acre is a...

WASHINGTON (March 25, 2016) – The National Park Foundation, the National Park Service, and the United States Mint announced today that limited edition coins honoring the National Park Service Centennial...

The 142-year-old Stewart Alternative Elementary School in Columbus, Ohio, has been transformed into a vibrant, modern center of learning for area students. Reopened in January 2015, the renovated and expanded...

LANSING, MICH. – The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan and Central Michigan University archaeologists partnered to conduct field schools at the site of the abandoned Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial...

Historians and preservation enthusiasts now have a chance to relive Houston's storied past thanks to Houston First Corporation for awarding $12,500 to The Heritage Society (THS), Houston's only outdoor,...

When baseball superstar Babe Ruth toured Boston's Charles Street Jail in 1925, he famously quipped: "This isn't a jail, it's a hotel," a prophecy that has since come true. Now known as The Liberty Hotel,...

Ottawa, March 7, 2016 – The National Trust for Canada is now accepting applications for the Herb Stovel Scholarship Fund. Students studying built heritage and young professionals working in the field are...

Ottawa, March 4, 2016 –The deadline to submit a nomination for National Trust for Canada’s Top 10 Endangered Places List is only two weeks away. Throughout Canada, places that help tell our country’s story...

The Foundation's awards recognize and honor the businesses and individuals who make preservation a reality in our historic region. We are now accepting nominations for current preservation and restoration...

Ottawa, February 23 – Responding to Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s pre-budget town hall, the National Trust for Canada is encouraging heritage supporters to promote its recommendations, designed to help...

Women have been trailblazers, pioneers, innovators and leaders who have made our preservation community what it is today. They emerged as historians, community activists, urban warriors, professionals...

The Heritage Society presents Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy, an exhibition created by the Wittliff Collections at the Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos, presented in partnership with...

In 2015, Preservation Massachusetts introduced the Mayor Thomas M. Menino Legacy Award. This award was created to honor the incredible contribution that Mayor Menino made to the historic preservation community...

Interested in learning more about cemetery preservation: such as documentation, cleaning, and resetting? Want to give back to our national history? Well then we have the project for you... The National...

Save Our Cemeteries announced today that it has moved its offices from its current location in the Treme section of the city to a new uptown location effective February 1, 2016. Save Our Cemeteries new...

WASHINGTON – The National Park Service (NPS) this week released its Fiscal Year 2015 deferred maintenance statistics for national parks. The $11.93 billion nationwide total is a $440 million increase from...

The National Trust for Canada is accepting nominations for the 2016 Top 10 Endangered Places List. Each year, the list brings national attention to historic places at risk due to neglect, lack of funding,...

The Missions Initiative is pleased to invite you to TICRAT | arizona 2016, a bi-national, hands-on workshop focused on techniques and strategies for conserving and restoring earthen architecture and components...

Proposals for individual papers or panels on any aspect of Illinois’ history, culture, politics, geography, literature, and archaeology are requested for the Conference on Illinois History. The Conference...

We invite you to study architecture, art, landscape, and preservation at one of our internationally-acclaimed Summer Schools in Newport, Chicago, and London. You will enjoy lectures by leading scholars,...

CHICAGO (December 14, 2015): Highlighting the very best in bungalow rehabilitation and restoration projects from the past year, while encouraging others to strive for greatness in their own projects, the...

EUGENE, OREGON – (Dec. 10, 2015) — The University of Oregon’s Historic Preservation Program is relocating its master’s degree program from the Eugene campus to the UO in Portland beginning fall term...

WASHINGTON – America’s national parks have inspired artists for generations. As the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service commemorate milestone anniversaries in 2015 and 2016, the...

Ottawa, ON, December 3, 2015 – The National Trust for Canada is launching REGENERATION, a new blog designed to share inspiring and provocative stories and ideas about saving and regenerating places that...

WASHINGTON – National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today highlighted key provisions included in the Obama Administration’s National Park Service centennial proposal and a draft bill from House...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Designs for commemorative coins honoring the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS) were unveiled today during a ceremony at the Department of the Interior. NPS Director...

The initiative in Humanities, Urbanism, and Design (H+U+D) at the University of Pennsylvania is a five-year project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to foster critical and integrative consideration...

When Senator Mark O. Hatfield was our Honored Citizen back in 1998, afo created a scholarship in his name. Awarded annually to an Oregon student of architecture, the scholarship’s focus is on architectural...

WASHINGTON, DC – National Park Service (NPS) Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today announced more than $500,000 in grants from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to help preserve over 180 acres...

Ottawa, ON October 8, 2015 – The National Trust for Canada congratulates the recipients of its 2015 National Leadership Awards for outstanding contributions in their fields: the Prince of Wales Prize,...

The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) is accepting nominations for the 2016 Charles E. Peterson Fellowship of the Buildings of the United States and the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. The deadline...

The American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) of the National Park Service invites non-profit groups, academic institutions, and local, regional, state, and tribal governments to submit applications...

WASHINGTON – The National Park Service today announced the award of three Preservation Technology and Training grants totaling $106,500. Administered by the National Center for Preservation Technology...

WASHINGTON – As part of President Obama’s commitment to protect our nation’s unique outdoor spaces and ensure that every American has the opportunity to visit and enjoy them, the Obama Administration...

The Historic Preservation Education Foundation (HPEF) is currently accepting proposals for the Fall 2015 round of its Partners in Training program. HPEF established Partners in Training last year to provide...

(CHICAGO) August 6, 2015 — The Society of Architectural Historians, in partnership with the Chicago Architecture Biennial, will present an expanded tour program of its National Historic Landmark headquarters,...

Washington, DC -- The National Park Service and the U.S. Department of Energy are inviting the public to review and comment on the Draft Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the National Park Service...

If you see a large group of grade-schoolers walking around downtown don’t call the truant officer, those kids are learning! The Historic Wilmington Foundation is continuing its partnership with New Hanover...

WASHINGTON – The National Park Service announced the award of more than $1.5 million in Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Program repatriation and consultation grants. ...

WASHINGTON – From lesser known battles to world war, historians and preservationists study and preserve battlefields across the country that capture the American story. Today the National Park Service...

Since 1989, the James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation has been in the vanguard of historic preservation practice and theory. The mission of the Fitch Foundation is to support professionals in the field...

WASHINGTON – Three courthouses that played a prominent role in the modern civil rights movement have been designated as national historic landmarks. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals courthouses join...

Is there a great historic building on your main street in need of rehabilitation, reuse, and community support? How about a landmark barn just waiting for a new purpose? Or maybe a house museum that struggles...

The National Park Service’s National Center for Preservation Technology and Technology (NCPTT) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2015 Preservation Technology and Training Grants. This year,...

Ottawa, ON, July 13, 2015 –The National Trust for Canada joins members of the Stovel family in congratulating this year’s recipients of educational assistance from the Herb Stovel Scholarship Fund. The...

Santa Fe—Workers are getting ready to apply new stucco, repair roofs, improve heating and cooling, change the landscaping and more at the Palace of the Governors, a 400-year-old National Treasure in the...

WASHINGTON – The present meets the past to benefit the future. The National Park Service announced today the award of $427,000 in Preservation Technology and Training grants to fund innovative research,...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today applauded the decision by the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)...

WASHINGTON – National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today announced 20 grants totaling more than $2.8 million to help preserve and interpret the World War II confinement sites of Japanese Americans....

Washington, D.C.: The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) announced today that the organization is donating $10,000 to Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest for its doorway restoration...

Ottawa, ON, May 19, 2015 – Applications are now being accepted for the Herb Stovel Scholarship Fund. The Herb Stovel Scholarship Fund is administered by the National Trust for Canada in cooperation with...

(CHICAGO) May 8, 2015 — The Society of Architectural Historians has been awarded a general operating grant of $150,000 from The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation....

On Thursday, May 14 at 5pm at the Old State House at 150 Benefit Street in Providence, the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society (RIBHS) and the Rhode Island Historical Preservation Heritage Commission...

Ottawa, Ont., May 1, 2015 –The National Trust for Canada is accepting nominations for the Ecclesiastical Insurance Cornerstone Awards for Building Heritage to recognize excellence in the regeneration...

WASHINGTON (April 29, 2015) – Today a $5.37 million gift commemorates the bravery of U.S. Marines who gave their lives to defend freedom, and honors the continued patriotism and sacrifice of America’s...

OTTAWA, ON, April 27, 2015 – The National Trust for Canada, in partnership with the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), announces the Fathers of Confederation Buildings Trust in Charlottetown,...

The “Most Endangered” list was announced by Landmarks Illinois at an April 22nd press conference in Springfield. The event was attended by community representatives, property owners, and state legislators....

WASHINGTON – From trail repairs to new wayside interpretive panels, road and bridge repairs and restoring the most photographed barn in America, the National Park Service this week announced $26 million...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today announced the designation of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas House in Miami, Florida,...

Ottawa, ON April 21, 2015 – The National Trust for Canada is encouraged by the 2015 federal Budget’s recognition that history guides our future, reflected in new funding to renew and celebrate places that...

(CHICAGO) April 17, 2015 — The Society of Architectural Historians announced the winners of the 2015 Publication Awards and the 2015 SAH Award for Film and Video at its 68th Annual International Conference...